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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/priced-out/\">Priced Out\u003c/a>, \u003c/strong>KQED’s series on the Bay Area housing crisis.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Matthew Green\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117654\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/117540/Priced-Out-Ellis-Act-San-Francisco-eviction/rs7468_72898270-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117654\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-117654\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/RS7468_72898270-scr-e1383878709870.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco's Inner Mission area had the highest number of Ellis Act evictions in the past five years. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s Inner Mission has had the most Ellis Act evictions in the past five years. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the books since 1986, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=07001-08000&file=7060-7060.7\">Ellis Act\u003c/a> allows California landlords to evict tenants in order to go out of business and remove units from the rental market, usually with the intent of selling them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”dc7d51e2e6959b724809370455955423″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law prohibits local governments from forcing rental property owners to continue offering their housing for rent. However, it does allow local governments to impose a variety of requirements on such property owners, which can include providing tenant relocation assistance, giving specific notice periods and having deed restrictions on future use of the property. For example, a city could require an owner who re-rents “Ellised” property within a certain period of time to first offer it to any displaced former tenants, at the original rental rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Local impact\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is little comprehensive data on Ellis Act evictions statewide. But in cities like San Francisco, with high rents and strict local rent control laws, Ellis Act evictions often go up during periods when home sales increase. That was the case during the dot-com boom that ended in 2000 and again during the housing bubble that peaked in 2005. Ellis Act evictions are up again now as the city’s real estate market recovers from the recession and as the tech boom spurs demand for housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chart below, by San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://dangrover.com/about\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Grover\u003c/a>, shows Ellis Act evictions in the city since 1998, comparing rates with all no-fault evictions (including Ellis but also those due to capital improvements, demolition, owner move-in or substantial rehabilitation) during the same period. The chart also shows all for-cause evictions, in which tenants violated rental agreements. The chart (also available in \u003ca href=\"http://dangrover.github.io/sf-ellis-evictions/\" target=\"_blank\">a larger version\u003c/a>) is overlaid with San Francisco median home price rates. Use the drop-down menus to change the variables, and mouse over the bars to see eviction numbers by year.\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://dangrover.github.io/sf-ellis-evictions/embeddable.html\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, San Francisco’s budget analyst issued a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=47040\">report\u003c/a> on the number of Ellis Act evictions in the city by neighborhood (among other housing displacement issues). The report found that “while Ellis Act evictions have occurred in many neighborhoods over the last five years, approximately 64.1 percent of them occurred in” seven neighborhoods, which also saw increases in assessed property values and home prices: Inner Mission, Russian Hill/Polk Gulch, Castro/Eureka Valley, Outer Richmond, Inner Richmond, North Beach, Haight Ashbury/Western Addition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following map uses data from the report on Ellis Act evictions in most (but not all) San Francisco neighborhoods from 2009 to 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?q=select+col12%3E%3E2+from+1aInieSxglQz1f4vabFhrqI9045FxPS_gSy8FEB4&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=37.74408720928566&lng=-122.40319834631345&t=1&z=12&l=col12%3E%3E2&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=KML\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"520\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>History\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adopted in direct response to a 1984 California Supreme Court decision, the Ellis Act was a backlash to strict local rent control laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1979, following a wave of condominium conversions in Santa Monica that removed many rental units from the market, voters adopted a measure meant to preserve the city’s remaining rental housing stock. It required that landlords who sought to exit the rental market first obtain a permit that could only be issued if a strict set of conditions were met. Among them, landlords were required to prove that the unit in question was not occupied by a person of low or moderate income and to demonstrate that the unit’s removal from the rental market would not adversely affect the city’s housing supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerome Nash, a 17-year-old student whose mother had bought him a $260,000 rental property in Santa Monica before the ordinance was adopted, sought to get out of the rental business and demolish the building. He initially applied for a permit to do so, but ended up suing the city to circumvent the process. In \u003ca href=\"http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/nash-v-city-santa-monica-28399\">court documents\u003c/a>, he’s quoted as stating:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is only one thing I want to do, and that is to evict the group of ingrates inhabiting my units, tear down the building, and hold on to the land until I can sell it at a price which will not mean a ruinous loss on my investment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nash prevailed in trial court and on appeal. But his case was ultimately dismissed by California’s Supreme Court in 1984, which ruled in \u003ca href=\"http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/nash-v-city-santa-monica-28399\">\u003cem>Nash v. City of Santa Monica\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that the burdens imposed on Nash’s rights as a landlord were minimal and that they necessarily served the city’s greater goal in protecting its scarce stock of rental housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year later, however, the state Legislature stepped in. Responding to the Nash decision, Sen. Jim Ellis, a Republican from San Diego, introduced a bill to prohibit any public entity from “compel[ling] the owners of any residential real property to offer, or continue to offer, accommodations in the property for rent or lease.” The bill, now known as the Ellis Act, was passed and signed into law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sources\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=07001-08000&file=7060-7060.7\">Ellis Act\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wehonews.com/z/wehonews/files/1General%20ellis%20overview.pdf\">California Apartment Association\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1813&context=ggulrev&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dellis%20act%20history%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D18%26ved%3D0CGEQFjAHOAo%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcommons.law.ggu.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1813%26context%3Dggulrev%26ei%3DHMV6Uuz3L8TTiwKY_ICICg%26usg%3DAFQjCNF1-Mu_fP9gx8xBgQyOKnI4mXY5cg%26sig2%3DiKEYxgWNZZ3C9yncg0tDRA%26bvm%3Dbv.56146854%2Cd.cGE#search=%22ellis%20act%20history%22\">Golden Gate University Law Review\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/nash-v-city-santa-monica-28399\">Stanford Law School: Supreme Court of California Resources\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Matthew Green is editor and chief blogger of KQED’s \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/lowdown/\">The Lowdown\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, a multimedia guide to understanding big news from California and beyond. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The chart also shows all for-cause evictions, in which tenants violated rental agreements. The chart (also available in \u003ca href=\"http://dangrover.github.io/sf-ellis-evictions/\" target=\"_blank\">a larger version\u003c/a>) is overlaid with San Francisco median home price rates. Use the drop-down menus to change the variables, and mouse over the bars to see eviction numbers by year.\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://dangrover.github.io/sf-ellis-evictions/embeddable.html\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, San Francisco’s budget analyst issued a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=47040\">report\u003c/a> on the number of Ellis Act evictions in the city by neighborhood (among other housing displacement issues). The report found that “while Ellis Act evictions have occurred in many neighborhoods over the last five years, approximately 64.1 percent of them occurred in” seven neighborhoods, which also saw increases in assessed property values and home prices: Inner Mission, Russian Hill/Polk Gulch, Castro/Eureka Valley, Outer Richmond, Inner Richmond, North Beach, Haight Ashbury/Western Addition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following map uses data from the report on Ellis Act evictions in most (but not all) San Francisco neighborhoods from 2009 to 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?q=select+col12%3E%3E2+from+1aInieSxglQz1f4vabFhrqI9045FxPS_gSy8FEB4&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=37.74408720928566&lng=-122.40319834631345&t=1&z=12&l=col12%3E%3E2&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=KML\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"520\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>History\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adopted in direct response to a 1984 California Supreme Court decision, the Ellis Act was a backlash to strict local rent control laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1979, following a wave of condominium conversions in Santa Monica that removed many rental units from the market, voters adopted a measure meant to preserve the city’s remaining rental housing stock. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There seems to be a lot of negativity about San Francisco floating around recently. From \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201310311000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballooning rents and home prices\u003c/a> to gripes about gentrification … yes, even \u003ca href=\"http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/3758-why-is-there-so-much-human-shit-on-the-streets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the poo problem\u003c/a> is getting press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But friends, there’s good news too. Even if we don’t always think San Francisco is the greatest place to live, outsiders still think we’re pretty hip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A listacle out today from \u003ca href=\"http://www.vocativ.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voactiv\u003c/a> pins San Francisco as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.vocativ.com/11-2013/livability/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#3 best city to live in if you’re under 35\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What gives us the honor? Widely used public transportation, bike-friendly roadways, a high average salary and cheap pot, to name a few. A few factoids that helped propel San Francisco to the top:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 586px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vocativ.com/11-2013/livability/#SanFrancisco\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117527\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-117527 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-07-at-1.02.54-PM.png\" alt=\"A few of the rankings that helped propel us to number 3. Click for the full graphic. (Voactiv.com)\" width=\"586\" height=\"655\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for the full graphic. (Voactiv.com)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other hipster-chic cities like Portland, Austin, Seattle and Minneapolis join S.F. in the top 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not until you reach Las Vegas at No. 6 that things get interesting. They have cheap Wi-Fi, lots of young, single people (read: strippers) and cheap cigarettes. Pack your bags!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list does acknowledge that San Francisco’s $4,000-a-month average for a 2-bedroom apartment was among the highest in the country, but apparently that doesn’t hurt us too much. (If you want the cheapest rent, \u003ca href=\"http://www.vocativ.com/11-2013/livability/#LowRent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">head to Detroit\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I should add, as a recent East Coast transplant, I’ve seen firsthand how enamored the U.S. remains with San Francisco. When I told friends I was uprooting my life in Baltimore to move across the country, I was met with a wide-eyed look of delight. “I love San Francisco!” everyone would say, “You’re so lucky!” (Then they would tell me they had a cousin in San Diego that they should put me in touch with, to which I would fake a smile and say, “Oh yeah?” Geography, folks. It’s hard.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you think? Is San Francisco the place to be if you’re under 35? Why or why not?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>With the rise of what some call the “sharing economy” — or shared access to goods, services, data and talent — many industries are facing disruption. One of those is the taxi industry, where app-based ride-service startups threaten the taxis’ entrenched business model. In the first installment of a three-part series, KQED’s Jon Brooks looks at the shakeout, assessing the risks and benefits to those who sign up as ride-service drivers vs. traditional cab drivers, and uncovers some startling signs of trouble in San Francisco.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>n the streets of San Francisco, what might be called the “Mustache War” has begun, pitting the traditional taxi industry against the networked ride services like \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft\u003c/a> (of the pink mustache), \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\" target=\"_blank\">Sidecar\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/\" target=\"_blank\">UberX\u003c/a>. In September, the California Public Utilities Commission approved \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K112/77112285.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">regulations\u003c/a> to oversee the ride-service startups, which allow passengers to hire private drivers through smartphone apps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nascent business model has been widely called “ride-sharing,” but the CPUC said that term is a misnomer. The companies are now officially referred to as “Transportation Network Companies,” or TNCs, a term with a much less altruistic ring.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Mustache Wars' — the conflict between the traditional taxi industry and smartphone-based ride services:\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Part Two: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\">Confusion Over Insurance for ‘Ride-Sharing’ Drivers\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sidebar:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/can-lyft-uberx-drivers-lose-their-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Are Ride-Service Drivers at Risk of Losing Their Insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Part Three:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\">Tip or Bribe? Taxi Drivers Say Illegal Payments to Dispatchers Are Routine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sidebar:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/13/the-fine-line-between-a-taxi-drivers-tip-and-a-bribe/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fine Line Between a Tip And a Bribe For Those Who Drive S.F. Taxis\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Though the TNCs may have lost the connotative battle, they think they’ve won the war. While the new regulations require the companies to run background checks and institute training programs, offer a higher level of insurance and accommodate disabled passengers and low-income neighborhoods, they have also given the companies official legal sanction to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a far cry from a year ago, when the CPUC hit TNCs with cease-and-desist letters and fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If these high-tech ride-for-hire matchmakers are the big winners in the regulatory conflict, the traditional taxi industry sees itself as decidedly on the short end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, while the new services have helped mitigate the notoriously difficult task of finding a cab during peak hours, they have also prompted bitter protests from licensed companies and drivers, who view them as unregulated competition that has taken a big bite out of the taxi market. Before the CPUC issued its proposal in July, \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/07/30/cab-drivers-hold-noisy-rally-at-san-francisco-city-hall-to-protest-rideshare/\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of protesting drivers circled San Francisco City Hall in their taxis\u003c/a>, honking horns and calling on Mayor Ed Lee, despite his lack of jurisdiction, to kick the companies out of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab Industry: Personal Vehicles for Hire 'Outrageous'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim, the owner of San Francisco's DeSoto Cab and a board member of the trade group \u003ca href=\"http://tpac-ca.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Taxicab Paratransit Association of California\u003c/a>, acknowledges the CPUC’s regulations might go some way in leveling the playing field in terms of competition between the ride services and the tightly regulated cab industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he says the rules don’t go far enough to stop the bleeding in the taxi business or to protect public safety. TPAC has \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/10/uber-lyft-sidecar-taxicab-puc.html\" target=\"_blank\">filed\u003c/a> an \u003ca href=\"http://www.taxi-library.org/cpuc-2013/rehearing-application-tpac.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">appeal\u003c/a> with the CPUC over its decision, and Kim says the industry will most likely \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/10/uberx-lyft-sidecar-andreessen-horowitz.html?page=all\" target=\"_blank\">sue\u003c/a> over its declining fortunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"The cab industry will disappear. There will be no cab industry if this isn’t addressed.\" \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I think the industry has no choice but to monetize their losses and take it to the courts,\" he says. \"I’m tightly regulated — what I can charge, the number of vehicles I can put out. They can charge what they want and put out the number of vehicles they want.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Kim concludes: \"The idea of taking a personal car and acting like a commercial vehicle for hire is outrageous.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the same service competing for the same customers,\" says Barry Korengold, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcda.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Cab Drivers Association\u003c/a>. But he complains the new companies are allowed to bypass city regulations on the rates they charge, insurance, permit fees and the like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brad Newsham, who drove a cab in the city for 28 years and was also a chair of the United Taxicab Workers, says what's particularly galling is the low barrier to entry for the newbies compared to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/services/taxi-industry/become-taxi-driver\" target=\"_blank\">what the city requires cab drivers to go through\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They didn’t have to go to cab school, didn’t have to pay for an A-card,\" Newsham says, referring to a cab-specific license that costs about $100 a year. \"They didn’t have to do all the stuff we have to do. ... I worked 20 years to get a medallion and these people walk in there and suddenly they’ve got everything I’ve got.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its rule-making, the CPUC rejected arguments charging the TNCs with unfair competition and dismissed warnings the new services will result in a \"race toward the bottom with negative impact on safety and service.\" In fact, the commission said its rules were similar to what the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency already requires of cab operators\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way Brad Newsham sees it, regulations or not, the TNCs could finish off the cab industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In my estimation, it's on the verge of being wiped out,\" he says. And he thinks the Internet's so-called \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/01/23/airbnb-and-the-unstoppable-rise-of-the-share-economy/\" target=\"_blank\">sharing economy\u003c/a>,\" allowing all sorts of people to transform themselves into instant entrepreneurs by \u003ca href=\"http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-economy\" target=\"_blank\">leveraging personal assets like a car or a home\u003c/a>, might put an end to the driving profession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maybe the cab driver as an institution is dead,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not the only time I heard taxi industry stakeholders describe the ride services as an existential threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The cab industry will disappear,\" says Barry Korengold of the cab drivers association. \"There will be no cab industry if this isn’t addressed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Giving Them the Finger\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides engaging in \u003ca href=\"http://sftaxischool.com/1/post/2013/07/the-end-of-rideshare-trevor-johnson.html\" target=\"_blank\">heated rhetoric\u003c/a>, cab drivers have also taken out their frustrations on their ride-service counterparts in the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the Lyft drivers I spoke to said cab drivers have given him his \"fair share of the one-finger salute.\" Said another: \"I have never been harassed, but I'll admit, after reading some of the crap fellow drivers go through, I often take my mustache down when I don't have any passengers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117323\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS7192_IMG_9674.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117323\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS7192_IMG_9674-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Newsham, a former cab driver of 28 years who was also a chair of the United Taxicab Workers. (Courtesy David Kidd)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Newsham, a former cab driver of 28 years who was also a chair of the United Taxicab Workers. (Courtesy David Kidd)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another driver said that in the course of the four months he's been working for Lyft, there have been maybe five incidents in which cab drivers have taken him on, calling him a \"whore,\" boxing in his vehicle, and taking a picture of his license plate, accompanied by a threat to send it to his insurance company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That last tactic — outing ride-service drivers as commercial-vehicle operators to their insurers — is actually an official policy of the San Francisco Cab Drivers Association, says Barry Korengold. \"We're supplying [the insurance companies] with factual evidence,\" he says. “We collect the license plate numbers.\" He says so far, his group has logged 1,300 or 1,400 plates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even Newsham, an author who was once \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1124175\" target=\"_blank\">featured on NPR\u003c/a> and comes across as relatively even-tempered, says he couldn't control himself when it came to the pink mustaches. \"I’m not a guy who flips the bird. But the last few months I was driving a cab, every time I saw one ... my hand went up. I just couldn’t stop it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In talking to longtime cab drivers like Newsham and Korengold, I thought there might be something other than just financial self-interest involved in their extreme animosity toward ride-service drivers. I suggested to Korengold, who has been driving for 30 years, that he sounded downright \"offended\" by the newcomers, who have set up shop as professional drivers so quickly and with an almost total absence of bureaucratic hassle. He jumped on that word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m \u003cem>totally\u003c/em> offended. It’s disrespectful to the occupation. It’s a dangerous occupation. Not only do you have to worry about unruly passengers, drunk drivers, it’s a backbreaking job. It’s very disrespectful to the people who are doing this for years and it makes a mockery of the occupation, and of the regulations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab Industry 'Shot Itself in the Foot' \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some in the San Francisco taxi community admit the industry's failure to solve well-known problems, like the unavailability of cabs, have given the ride services an opening. \"I think it’s pretty clear that these new services popped up because the taxi industry did not provide service here,\" says Hansu Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I gotta say, it’s a good thing for the people of San Francisco that they can get a cab more easily now,\" says Newsham. \"The one good thing about this whole thing that has happened in the past years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"I think it’s pretty clear that these new services popped up because the taxi industry did not provide service here.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Addressing that issue in a blog post, KQED Pop's Lizzy Acker wrote about a \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/13/behind-the-pink-mustache-is-lyft-good-evil-or-something-else-entirely/\">Lyft ride she took to the airport\u003c/a> in August: \"It’s convenient and personal and I actually got a timely, affordable ride, which no taxi company in SF seemed able to provide for me on a Thursday afternoon for any price.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham criticizes the industry for not figuring out how to offer that kind of easy access to taxis. \"The cab industry here shot itself in the foot,\" he says. \"...It has refused to deploy dispatching innovations. It has refused to keep up with the times and the times have moved right past them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham says cab drivers have been asking for something called \"centralized dispatch\" for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christiane Hayashi, the SFMTA's director of Taxis and Accessible Services, elaborates: \"I think it was initially raised in the 1980s. They said, 'Geez – wouldn’t it be nice if you could call one number and access every taxi.' The powers that be have resisted that for many years now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayashi says cab companies don't want to give customers to their competitors. \"To some extent it’s legitimate,\" she says. \"It’s an understandable response from businesses. But unfortunately it’s not serving the public.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayashi says the two smartphone apps that now dispatch taxis in San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://taximagic.com/en_US\" target=\"_blank\">TaxiMagic\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.flywheel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Flywheel\u003c/a>, \"only recently have signed up sufficient numbers of taxis to be really effective.\" She says the SFMTA is \"working as fast as we can\" to expand the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe that if we can make all taxis available through the smartphone applications then we will be able to provide the same kind of reliability and easy electronic access that has made Lyft and Sidecar attractive to consumers,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ride-Service Drivers Dig Their Jobs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving a taxi has traditionally been a way to supplement an income or earn a living while avoiding the 9-to-5 world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham characterizes those who gravitate to the job as \"people who don’t quite fit in regular mainstream culture. The first thing you notice is you don't have a boss in your presence all the time, someone telling you what to do. That's really attractive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with the advent of TNCs, in which drivers can use their own vehicles as opposed to having to own or rent a licensed taxi, the profession is open to all comers. We spoke to seven of them — six from Lyft, one from Sidecar. They \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>were all highly positive about their experiences, citing good money and the freedom to work whenever they want. The Lyft drivers were particularly enthusiastic about what they called \"Power Hours,\" peak times when they get to keep 100 percent of their earnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're not using the last names of these drivers, for reasons we'll get to in Part 2, when we talk about the uncertainties around insurance for TNC drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114940\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6938_Lyft_9oct2013_0024_web-hpf.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-114940\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6938_Lyft_9oct2013_0024_web-hpf-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"James Lee fist bumps Lyft driver Alice before she takes him to work. Lee says he uses Lyft every day and prefers its convenience and reliability to public transportation.(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Lee fist bumps Lyft driver Alice before she takes him to work. Lee says he uses Lyft every day and prefers its convenience and reliability to public transportation.(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One Lyft driver, Mike, says he makes an average of $25-$30 per hour on weekdays, $40 on weekends. “It is very lucrative,” he says. Like all the Lyft drivers we spoke to, he had no previous experience transporting customers, but really enjoys the job. “I sit out here for six to eight hours on a shift and I drive around and I talk to people and basically have fun. I learn all the new venues to go to, I hear about restaurants I’ve never tried, I meet all kinds of interesting people. I’m basically talking all night and listening to music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he’s given well over 1,000 rides since he started driving for Lyft. Any problems? “We rank all our passengers on a scale of one to five based on the experience that we have with them. ... And I’ve never given anyone less than a five.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason Mike might like his clientele so much: He can decline to pick up passengers based on how other drivers have rated them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He can also bypass passengers that don’t typically tip at a certain percentage of Lyft’s suggested “donation” for each ride. That functionality helps weed out the stiffs, he says. “If you have a passenger out there that never (tips), eventually they’ll request a ride and never get one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice has been driving for Lyft since April. After seeing the company’s ad on Facebook, she filled out an online request for information, got a call and went for an interview. After a background check — “to make sure you’re a normal human being” — she was approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she was then given a one-hour orientation, and that was that — she was up and running as a professional driver. (Lyft has recently become more stringent about whom they take on, instituting a mentor system in which experienced drivers assess prospective candidates and make recommendations as to their hire. And per CPUC regulations, all TNCs will have to start training programs.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice says she works about 20 hours per week and makes $25-$35 per hour, depending on the time of day she goes out. After 1,200 rides, she’s a big fan of Lyft, her fellow drivers, the passengers — everything. “Lyft is a great, positive community made up of a lot of good-hearted people,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan says he's been a Lyft driver since April, and his boyfriend also goes out on calls. He has a full-time job as a teacher and doesn't want to be held down to another commitment, which makes ride-service work attractive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I have some spare time, I’ll log into the app and get some hours,\" he says. \"I can start driving on a whim.\" Dan reports he makes anywhere from $22 to $35 an hour over the course of a four-hour shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Many Lyft drivers say they make anywhere from $22 to $35 an hour.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Jason is 26 and says he's been driving for Lyft for four months. He was unemployed when he saw the company's Facebook ad and signed up. He is pretty much working full time and estimates his earnings at $30-$35 per hour. He loves the job: \"I think it’s really fun, I meet a whole bunch of people and have great conversations every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One driver, who didn't want us to use even his first name, says he was one of Lyft's first 50 drivers, starting back when the company paid a flat rate of $18 per hour. He makes more than that now, no less than $25 an hour during a slow shift and always more than $30 on the weekend. He has another business, but it's not going well, and Lyft is now his main source of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's fiercely pro-Lyft: \"For me, Lyft is a company that’s really good. They take care of their employees and their passengers. It is kind of a community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask if it bothers him that he works 30 to 40 hours a week but gets no health care, workers' comp or other benefits. (\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/09/lyft_sued_for_unfair_competiti.php\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/2013/08/27/uber-sued-denying-drivers-tips\" target=\"_blank\">Uber\u003c/a> have both been named in lawsuits that allege the companies incorrectly classify workers as independent contractors.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping there will be something like that in the future,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Except for workers' comp, cab drivers are in the same boat. When I asked Brad Newsham if taxi drivers get benefits like health care and vacation time, his answer was, \"Ha ha ha ha ha.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A driver for Sidecar, Jeremy, has been on the job since last Christmas. He says he makes an average of $30 an hour, driving 20-25 hours per week. He is also a big fan of this gig. \"I just had my 1,000th ride this year and I love it,\" he says. \"I meet really nice people; most of them are from the tech industry, I believe, from talking to them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not surprising that these newbies to the business are excited about their jobs, Newsham says. \"I loved cab driving from the first day, period,\" he said. \"Driving around the world's prettiest city, talking to people. ... Every day, even after 28 years, I saw something new, something that took my breath away. And in the beginning it was more money than I had ever made in my life. I just fell in love with it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for those TNC drivers who are thinking of permanently strapping on the 'stache, Newsham has a warning: This is the honeymoon period. Driving year in and year out takes its toll. \"I worked a year-and-a-half in an underground mine. That was hard labor. I put cab driving right up there with it.\" Newsham says being wary of \"not killing somebody, not killing yourself,\" while also trying to make enough to pay the rent is extremely stressful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taxi Drivers See Income Decline\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That last part — paying the rent — explains why taxi drivers are so worried about the TNCs. Because if ride-service drivers express an almost universal sense of happiness about the money they can make, that is coming at the expense of the traditional taxi business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Han, who's been driving a cab for 11 years, says he currently makes between $20-$35 per hour, but that pay can vary widely from driver to driver. He says one driver he recently spoke to, someone whose English wasn't great, told him that after gas and gate fees, he took home $10 \u003cem>total\u003c/em> over a Saturday and Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han says that, anecdotally at least, $15-$19 per hour is more the norm for taxi drivers now. And that pay rate is going down, according to drivers who say they've taken a sharp financial hit since the surfeit of new vehicles-for-hire has hit the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Anecdotally at least, $15-$19 per hour is more the norm for taxi drivers now.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Ed Healy has been driving a cab for 30 years, and he blogs about the industry and his contempt for the ride services at \u003ca href=\"http://phantomcabdriverphites.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Phantom Cab Driver Phites Back\u003c/a>. Healy estimates taxi driver earnings are off about 25 percent as a result of all the additional competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham says he’s heard that figure from other drivers, too. Hansu Kim, owner of San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.desotosf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">DeSoto Cab\u003c/a>, puts the drop in all taxi business citywide in the same range — anywhere from 25 to 33 percent in the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham says the “bandit cabs,” as he calls them, were the final straw in his own decision to quit the business this year. In his best years as a driver, he made $30,000 to $35,000 a year driving 20 to 30 hours a week. By the time he pocketed his last tip, he was making next to nothing — about $5 an hour — which he attributes to all the new competition. That big drop in income prompted him to sell his medallion, the permit that allows cab owners to lease out their vehicles to drivers and companies. The sale netted him $150,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seems like there was no choice. I had to take that 150K while it was still there,” he says, referring to the declining value of taxi ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some Passengers 'Have Sworn Off Cabs Forever'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked some of the ride-service drivers if they felt bad about the financial blow cab drivers have absorbed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not really, says Alice. So many of her passengers are using Lyft because they cannot get a taxi to take them to the outer areas of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Most of my passengers say they cannot get a cab ride to the Outer Sunset,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People [tell me] they've gotten kicked out of cabs, the driver says 'No, I'm about to go home so get out of my car,' or they say, 'My tire's flat, I can’t drive that way now.' I’ve heard many, many cab horror stories about how they cannot get a cab. So it's hard for me to feel sympathy for an industry that is still excluding a lot of passengers. Most of Lyft's passengers have sworn off cabs forever.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117413\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6006_008.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6006_008-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"TNC drivers say their passengers have sworn off cabs forever. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TNC drivers say their passengers have sworn off cabs forever. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DeSoto Cab's Hansu Kim responds that, \"That's happened on occasion, but it's really not that common now.\" The SFMTA's Christiane Hayashi says the agency has adopted regulations requiring dispatch permit holders to meet minimum requirements to \"increase responsiveness to neighborhood dispatch requests,\" and that any company that fails to comply with those standards will be shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft driver Mike says he is sympathetic to cab drivers, but doesn't appreciate all the flak coming his way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s some great cab drivers out there that are suffering from this, and I really hope that can come to a better place for them,\" he says. \"And for the drivers that are out there bad-mouthing us, find out the truth. They’re all out there saying we’re all uninsured and this, that and the other, and we’re horrible people and we don’t go through any training. I just tell people to do a little research before you believe everything that you read.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brad Newsham says that while he understands the appeal of the new services, and that passengers are frustrated with the taxi industry, there is still a real human cost to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/01/23/airbnb-and-the-unstoppable-rise-of-the-share-economy/\" target=\"_blank\">dislocation\u003c/a> that is occurring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Nobody knows who these people are, the cab drivers who are getting the shaft here,\" he says. \"Nobody knows their stories. Nobody knows what they’ve been through. If you’re coming in here and you’re all gaga about your new job, you don’t know whose career you’ve just put a bullet through the head of. You get all caught up in the technology. Technology is hip, technology is cool, tech is the future. (But) what about the people?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wanna Drive a Cab? 'Not Even.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked some of our ride-service drivers if they'd ever thought of driving a cab, which would entail a much more involved process than signing up for ride-service work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not even,\" said one, which seemed to sum up the attitude of the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OK, but what about the reverse? If things are so bad in the cab industry, why don't more cab drivers, instead of protesting, make the switch to ride-service gigs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, they are, actually, says DeSoto Cab's Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My biggest concern is the shortage of (cab) drivers. A lot of the drivers are leaving the business. There’s no doubt some drivers have decided to do it on their own.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab, says he thinks cab companies are having a hard time filling shifts, and that a dispatcher recently told him he could work extra days without having to go through the company's lottery system. Han says he thinks \"a fair share of taxi drivers have moved to Lyft, Sidecar and UberX.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>But some longtime taxi drivers who know the business inside and out think there is a serious risk that the ride-service drivers are overlooking. “I wouldn’t ever drive in one because of the insurance issue,” said Ed Healy. “I actually signed up at (Lyft and Sidecar) ... but I decided not to drive the cars after I read the terms and conditions of the contract, because I wasn’t going to leave my car exposed to an accident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We'll take a closer look at the insurance issues in Part Two of our series next week.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>With the rise of what some call the “sharing economy” — or shared access to goods, services, data and talent — many industries are facing disruption. One of those is the taxi industry, where app-based ride-service startups threaten the taxis’ entrenched business model. In the first installment of a three-part series, KQED’s Jon Brooks looks at the shakeout, assessing the risks and benefits to those who sign up as ride-service drivers vs. traditional cab drivers, and uncovers some startling signs of trouble in San Francisco.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>n the streets of San Francisco, what might be called the “Mustache War” has begun, pitting the traditional taxi industry against the networked ride services like \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft\u003c/a> (of the pink mustache), \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\" target=\"_blank\">Sidecar\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/\" target=\"_blank\">UberX\u003c/a>. In September, the California Public Utilities Commission approved \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K112/77112285.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">regulations\u003c/a> to oversee the ride-service startups, which allow passengers to hire private drivers through smartphone apps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nascent business model has been widely called “ride-sharing,” but the CPUC said that term is a misnomer. The companies are now officially referred to as “Transportation Network Companies,” or TNCs, a term with a much less altruistic ring.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Mustache Wars' — the conflict between the traditional taxi industry and smartphone-based ride services:\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Part Two: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\">Confusion Over Insurance for ‘Ride-Sharing’ Drivers\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sidebar:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/can-lyft-uberx-drivers-lose-their-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Are Ride-Service Drivers at Risk of Losing Their Insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Part Three:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\">Tip or Bribe? Taxi Drivers Say Illegal Payments to Dispatchers Are Routine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sidebar:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/13/the-fine-line-between-a-taxi-drivers-tip-and-a-bribe/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fine Line Between a Tip And a Bribe For Those Who Drive S.F. Taxis\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Though the TNCs may have lost the connotative battle, they think they’ve won the war. While the new regulations require the companies to run background checks and institute training programs, offer a higher level of insurance and accommodate disabled passengers and low-income neighborhoods, they have also given the companies official legal sanction to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a far cry from a year ago, when the CPUC hit TNCs with cease-and-desist letters and fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If these high-tech ride-for-hire matchmakers are the big winners in the regulatory conflict, the traditional taxi industry sees itself as decidedly on the short end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, while the new services have helped mitigate the notoriously difficult task of finding a cab during peak hours, they have also prompted bitter protests from licensed companies and drivers, who view them as unregulated competition that has taken a big bite out of the taxi market. Before the CPUC issued its proposal in July, \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/07/30/cab-drivers-hold-noisy-rally-at-san-francisco-city-hall-to-protest-rideshare/\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of protesting drivers circled San Francisco City Hall in their taxis\u003c/a>, honking horns and calling on Mayor Ed Lee, despite his lack of jurisdiction, to kick the companies out of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab Industry: Personal Vehicles for Hire 'Outrageous'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim, the owner of San Francisco's DeSoto Cab and a board member of the trade group \u003ca href=\"http://tpac-ca.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Taxicab Paratransit Association of California\u003c/a>, acknowledges the CPUC’s regulations might go some way in leveling the playing field in terms of competition between the ride services and the tightly regulated cab industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he says the rules don’t go far enough to stop the bleeding in the taxi business or to protect public safety. TPAC has \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/10/uber-lyft-sidecar-taxicab-puc.html\" target=\"_blank\">filed\u003c/a> an \u003ca href=\"http://www.taxi-library.org/cpuc-2013/rehearing-application-tpac.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">appeal\u003c/a> with the CPUC over its decision, and Kim says the industry will most likely \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/10/uberx-lyft-sidecar-andreessen-horowitz.html?page=all\" target=\"_blank\">sue\u003c/a> over its declining fortunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"The cab industry will disappear. There will be no cab industry if this isn’t addressed.\" \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I think the industry has no choice but to monetize their losses and take it to the courts,\" he says. \"I’m tightly regulated — what I can charge, the number of vehicles I can put out. They can charge what they want and put out the number of vehicles they want.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Kim concludes: \"The idea of taking a personal car and acting like a commercial vehicle for hire is outrageous.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the same service competing for the same customers,\" says Barry Korengold, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcda.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Cab Drivers Association\u003c/a>. But he complains the new companies are allowed to bypass city regulations on the rates they charge, insurance, permit fees and the like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brad Newsham, who drove a cab in the city for 28 years and was also a chair of the United Taxicab Workers, says what's particularly galling is the low barrier to entry for the newbies compared to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/services/taxi-industry/become-taxi-driver\" target=\"_blank\">what the city requires cab drivers to go through\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They didn’t have to go to cab school, didn’t have to pay for an A-card,\" Newsham says, referring to a cab-specific license that costs about $100 a year. \"They didn’t have to do all the stuff we have to do. ... I worked 20 years to get a medallion and these people walk in there and suddenly they’ve got everything I’ve got.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its rule-making, the CPUC rejected arguments charging the TNCs with unfair competition and dismissed warnings the new services will result in a \"race toward the bottom with negative impact on safety and service.\" In fact, the commission said its rules were similar to what the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency already requires of cab operators\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way Brad Newsham sees it, regulations or not, the TNCs could finish off the cab industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In my estimation, it's on the verge of being wiped out,\" he says. And he thinks the Internet's so-called \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/01/23/airbnb-and-the-unstoppable-rise-of-the-share-economy/\" target=\"_blank\">sharing economy\u003c/a>,\" allowing all sorts of people to transform themselves into instant entrepreneurs by \u003ca href=\"http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-economy\" target=\"_blank\">leveraging personal assets like a car or a home\u003c/a>, might put an end to the driving profession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maybe the cab driver as an institution is dead,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not the only time I heard taxi industry stakeholders describe the ride services as an existential threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The cab industry will disappear,\" says Barry Korengold of the cab drivers association. \"There will be no cab industry if this isn’t addressed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Giving Them the Finger\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides engaging in \u003ca href=\"http://sftaxischool.com/1/post/2013/07/the-end-of-rideshare-trevor-johnson.html\" target=\"_blank\">heated rhetoric\u003c/a>, cab drivers have also taken out their frustrations on their ride-service counterparts in the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the Lyft drivers I spoke to said cab drivers have given him his \"fair share of the one-finger salute.\" Said another: \"I have never been harassed, but I'll admit, after reading some of the crap fellow drivers go through, I often take my mustache down when I don't have any passengers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117323\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS7192_IMG_9674.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117323\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS7192_IMG_9674-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Newsham, a former cab driver of 28 years who was also a chair of the United Taxicab Workers. (Courtesy David Kidd)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Newsham, a former cab driver of 28 years who was also a chair of the United Taxicab Workers. (Courtesy David Kidd)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another driver said that in the course of the four months he's been working for Lyft, there have been maybe five incidents in which cab drivers have taken him on, calling him a \"whore,\" boxing in his vehicle, and taking a picture of his license plate, accompanied by a threat to send it to his insurance company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That last tactic — outing ride-service drivers as commercial-vehicle operators to their insurers — is actually an official policy of the San Francisco Cab Drivers Association, says Barry Korengold. \"We're supplying [the insurance companies] with factual evidence,\" he says. “We collect the license plate numbers.\" He says so far, his group has logged 1,300 or 1,400 plates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even Newsham, an author who was once \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1124175\" target=\"_blank\">featured on NPR\u003c/a> and comes across as relatively even-tempered, says he couldn't control himself when it came to the pink mustaches. \"I’m not a guy who flips the bird. But the last few months I was driving a cab, every time I saw one ... my hand went up. I just couldn’t stop it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In talking to longtime cab drivers like Newsham and Korengold, I thought there might be something other than just financial self-interest involved in their extreme animosity toward ride-service drivers. I suggested to Korengold, who has been driving for 30 years, that he sounded downright \"offended\" by the newcomers, who have set up shop as professional drivers so quickly and with an almost total absence of bureaucratic hassle. He jumped on that word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m \u003cem>totally\u003c/em> offended. It’s disrespectful to the occupation. It’s a dangerous occupation. Not only do you have to worry about unruly passengers, drunk drivers, it’s a backbreaking job. It’s very disrespectful to the people who are doing this for years and it makes a mockery of the occupation, and of the regulations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab Industry 'Shot Itself in the Foot' \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some in the San Francisco taxi community admit the industry's failure to solve well-known problems, like the unavailability of cabs, have given the ride services an opening. \"I think it’s pretty clear that these new services popped up because the taxi industry did not provide service here,\" says Hansu Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I gotta say, it’s a good thing for the people of San Francisco that they can get a cab more easily now,\" says Newsham. \"The one good thing about this whole thing that has happened in the past years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"I think it’s pretty clear that these new services popped up because the taxi industry did not provide service here.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Addressing that issue in a blog post, KQED Pop's Lizzy Acker wrote about a \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/13/behind-the-pink-mustache-is-lyft-good-evil-or-something-else-entirely/\">Lyft ride she took to the airport\u003c/a> in August: \"It’s convenient and personal and I actually got a timely, affordable ride, which no taxi company in SF seemed able to provide for me on a Thursday afternoon for any price.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham criticizes the industry for not figuring out how to offer that kind of easy access to taxis. \"The cab industry here shot itself in the foot,\" he says. \"...It has refused to deploy dispatching innovations. It has refused to keep up with the times and the times have moved right past them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham says cab drivers have been asking for something called \"centralized dispatch\" for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christiane Hayashi, the SFMTA's director of Taxis and Accessible Services, elaborates: \"I think it was initially raised in the 1980s. They said, 'Geez – wouldn’t it be nice if you could call one number and access every taxi.' The powers that be have resisted that for many years now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayashi says cab companies don't want to give customers to their competitors. \"To some extent it’s legitimate,\" she says. \"It’s an understandable response from businesses. But unfortunately it’s not serving the public.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayashi says the two smartphone apps that now dispatch taxis in San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://taximagic.com/en_US\" target=\"_blank\">TaxiMagic\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.flywheel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Flywheel\u003c/a>, \"only recently have signed up sufficient numbers of taxis to be really effective.\" She says the SFMTA is \"working as fast as we can\" to expand the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe that if we can make all taxis available through the smartphone applications then we will be able to provide the same kind of reliability and easy electronic access that has made Lyft and Sidecar attractive to consumers,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ride-Service Drivers Dig Their Jobs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving a taxi has traditionally been a way to supplement an income or earn a living while avoiding the 9-to-5 world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham characterizes those who gravitate to the job as \"people who don’t quite fit in regular mainstream culture. The first thing you notice is you don't have a boss in your presence all the time, someone telling you what to do. That's really attractive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with the advent of TNCs, in which drivers can use their own vehicles as opposed to having to own or rent a licensed taxi, the profession is open to all comers. We spoke to seven of them — six from Lyft, one from Sidecar. They \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>were all highly positive about their experiences, citing good money and the freedom to work whenever they want. The Lyft drivers were particularly enthusiastic about what they called \"Power Hours,\" peak times when they get to keep 100 percent of their earnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're not using the last names of these drivers, for reasons we'll get to in Part 2, when we talk about the uncertainties around insurance for TNC drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114940\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6938_Lyft_9oct2013_0024_web-hpf.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-114940\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6938_Lyft_9oct2013_0024_web-hpf-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"James Lee fist bumps Lyft driver Alice before she takes him to work. Lee says he uses Lyft every day and prefers its convenience and reliability to public transportation.(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Lee fist bumps Lyft driver Alice before she takes him to work. Lee says he uses Lyft every day and prefers its convenience and reliability to public transportation.(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One Lyft driver, Mike, says he makes an average of $25-$30 per hour on weekdays, $40 on weekends. “It is very lucrative,” he says. Like all the Lyft drivers we spoke to, he had no previous experience transporting customers, but really enjoys the job. “I sit out here for six to eight hours on a shift and I drive around and I talk to people and basically have fun. I learn all the new venues to go to, I hear about restaurants I’ve never tried, I meet all kinds of interesting people. I’m basically talking all night and listening to music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he’s given well over 1,000 rides since he started driving for Lyft. Any problems? “We rank all our passengers on a scale of one to five based on the experience that we have with them. ... And I’ve never given anyone less than a five.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason Mike might like his clientele so much: He can decline to pick up passengers based on how other drivers have rated them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He can also bypass passengers that don’t typically tip at a certain percentage of Lyft’s suggested “donation” for each ride. That functionality helps weed out the stiffs, he says. “If you have a passenger out there that never (tips), eventually they’ll request a ride and never get one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice has been driving for Lyft since April. After seeing the company’s ad on Facebook, she filled out an online request for information, got a call and went for an interview. After a background check — “to make sure you’re a normal human being” — she was approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she was then given a one-hour orientation, and that was that — she was up and running as a professional driver. (Lyft has recently become more stringent about whom they take on, instituting a mentor system in which experienced drivers assess prospective candidates and make recommendations as to their hire. And per CPUC regulations, all TNCs will have to start training programs.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice says she works about 20 hours per week and makes $25-$35 per hour, depending on the time of day she goes out. After 1,200 rides, she’s a big fan of Lyft, her fellow drivers, the passengers — everything. “Lyft is a great, positive community made up of a lot of good-hearted people,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan says he's been a Lyft driver since April, and his boyfriend also goes out on calls. He has a full-time job as a teacher and doesn't want to be held down to another commitment, which makes ride-service work attractive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I have some spare time, I’ll log into the app and get some hours,\" he says. \"I can start driving on a whim.\" Dan reports he makes anywhere from $22 to $35 an hour over the course of a four-hour shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Many Lyft drivers say they make anywhere from $22 to $35 an hour.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Jason is 26 and says he's been driving for Lyft for four months. He was unemployed when he saw the company's Facebook ad and signed up. He is pretty much working full time and estimates his earnings at $30-$35 per hour. He loves the job: \"I think it’s really fun, I meet a whole bunch of people and have great conversations every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One driver, who didn't want us to use even his first name, says he was one of Lyft's first 50 drivers, starting back when the company paid a flat rate of $18 per hour. He makes more than that now, no less than $25 an hour during a slow shift and always more than $30 on the weekend. He has another business, but it's not going well, and Lyft is now his main source of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's fiercely pro-Lyft: \"For me, Lyft is a company that’s really good. They take care of their employees and their passengers. It is kind of a community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask if it bothers him that he works 30 to 40 hours a week but gets no health care, workers' comp or other benefits. (\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/09/lyft_sued_for_unfair_competiti.php\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/2013/08/27/uber-sued-denying-drivers-tips\" target=\"_blank\">Uber\u003c/a> have both been named in lawsuits that allege the companies incorrectly classify workers as independent contractors.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping there will be something like that in the future,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Except for workers' comp, cab drivers are in the same boat. When I asked Brad Newsham if taxi drivers get benefits like health care and vacation time, his answer was, \"Ha ha ha ha ha.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A driver for Sidecar, Jeremy, has been on the job since last Christmas. He says he makes an average of $30 an hour, driving 20-25 hours per week. He is also a big fan of this gig. \"I just had my 1,000th ride this year and I love it,\" he says. \"I meet really nice people; most of them are from the tech industry, I believe, from talking to them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not surprising that these newbies to the business are excited about their jobs, Newsham says. \"I loved cab driving from the first day, period,\" he said. \"Driving around the world's prettiest city, talking to people. ... Every day, even after 28 years, I saw something new, something that took my breath away. And in the beginning it was more money than I had ever made in my life. I just fell in love with it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for those TNC drivers who are thinking of permanently strapping on the 'stache, Newsham has a warning: This is the honeymoon period. Driving year in and year out takes its toll. \"I worked a year-and-a-half in an underground mine. That was hard labor. I put cab driving right up there with it.\" Newsham says being wary of \"not killing somebody, not killing yourself,\" while also trying to make enough to pay the rent is extremely stressful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taxi Drivers See Income Decline\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That last part — paying the rent — explains why taxi drivers are so worried about the TNCs. Because if ride-service drivers express an almost universal sense of happiness about the money they can make, that is coming at the expense of the traditional taxi business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Han, who's been driving a cab for 11 years, says he currently makes between $20-$35 per hour, but that pay can vary widely from driver to driver. He says one driver he recently spoke to, someone whose English wasn't great, told him that after gas and gate fees, he took home $10 \u003cem>total\u003c/em> over a Saturday and Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han says that, anecdotally at least, $15-$19 per hour is more the norm for taxi drivers now. And that pay rate is going down, according to drivers who say they've taken a sharp financial hit since the surfeit of new vehicles-for-hire has hit the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Anecdotally at least, $15-$19 per hour is more the norm for taxi drivers now.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Ed Healy has been driving a cab for 30 years, and he blogs about the industry and his contempt for the ride services at \u003ca href=\"http://phantomcabdriverphites.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Phantom Cab Driver Phites Back\u003c/a>. Healy estimates taxi driver earnings are off about 25 percent as a result of all the additional competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham says he’s heard that figure from other drivers, too. Hansu Kim, owner of San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.desotosf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">DeSoto Cab\u003c/a>, puts the drop in all taxi business citywide in the same range — anywhere from 25 to 33 percent in the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsham says the “bandit cabs,” as he calls them, were the final straw in his own decision to quit the business this year. In his best years as a driver, he made $30,000 to $35,000 a year driving 20 to 30 hours a week. By the time he pocketed his last tip, he was making next to nothing — about $5 an hour — which he attributes to all the new competition. That big drop in income prompted him to sell his medallion, the permit that allows cab owners to lease out their vehicles to drivers and companies. The sale netted him $150,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seems like there was no choice. I had to take that 150K while it was still there,” he says, referring to the declining value of taxi ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some Passengers 'Have Sworn Off Cabs Forever'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked some of the ride-service drivers if they felt bad about the financial blow cab drivers have absorbed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not really, says Alice. So many of her passengers are using Lyft because they cannot get a taxi to take them to the outer areas of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Most of my passengers say they cannot get a cab ride to the Outer Sunset,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People [tell me] they've gotten kicked out of cabs, the driver says 'No, I'm about to go home so get out of my car,' or they say, 'My tire's flat, I can’t drive that way now.' I’ve heard many, many cab horror stories about how they cannot get a cab. So it's hard for me to feel sympathy for an industry that is still excluding a lot of passengers. Most of Lyft's passengers have sworn off cabs forever.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117413\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6006_008.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/RS6006_008-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"TNC drivers say their passengers have sworn off cabs forever. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TNC drivers say their passengers have sworn off cabs forever. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DeSoto Cab's Hansu Kim responds that, \"That's happened on occasion, but it's really not that common now.\" The SFMTA's Christiane Hayashi says the agency has adopted regulations requiring dispatch permit holders to meet minimum requirements to \"increase responsiveness to neighborhood dispatch requests,\" and that any company that fails to comply with those standards will be shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft driver Mike says he is sympathetic to cab drivers, but doesn't appreciate all the flak coming his way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s some great cab drivers out there that are suffering from this, and I really hope that can come to a better place for them,\" he says. \"And for the drivers that are out there bad-mouthing us, find out the truth. They’re all out there saying we’re all uninsured and this, that and the other, and we’re horrible people and we don’t go through any training. I just tell people to do a little research before you believe everything that you read.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brad Newsham says that while he understands the appeal of the new services, and that passengers are frustrated with the taxi industry, there is still a real human cost to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/01/23/airbnb-and-the-unstoppable-rise-of-the-share-economy/\" target=\"_blank\">dislocation\u003c/a> that is occurring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Nobody knows who these people are, the cab drivers who are getting the shaft here,\" he says. \"Nobody knows their stories. Nobody knows what they’ve been through. If you’re coming in here and you’re all gaga about your new job, you don’t know whose career you’ve just put a bullet through the head of. You get all caught up in the technology. Technology is hip, technology is cool, tech is the future. (But) what about the people?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wanna Drive a Cab? 'Not Even.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked some of our ride-service drivers if they'd ever thought of driving a cab, which would entail a much more involved process than signing up for ride-service work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not even,\" said one, which seemed to sum up the attitude of the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OK, but what about the reverse? If things are so bad in the cab industry, why don't more cab drivers, instead of protesting, make the switch to ride-service gigs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, they are, actually, says DeSoto Cab's Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My biggest concern is the shortage of (cab) drivers. A lot of the drivers are leaving the business. There’s no doubt some drivers have decided to do it on their own.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab, says he thinks cab companies are having a hard time filling shifts, and that a dispatcher recently told him he could work extra days without having to go through the company's lottery system. Han says he thinks \"a fair share of taxi drivers have moved to Lyft, Sidecar and UberX.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>But some longtime taxi drivers who know the business inside and out think there is a serious risk that the ride-service drivers are overlooking. “I wouldn’t ever drive in one because of the insurance issue,” said Ed Healy. “I actually signed up at (Lyft and Sidecar) ... but I decided not to drive the cars after I read the terms and conditions of the contract, because I wasn’t going to leave my car exposed to an accident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In an election year marked with low voter turnout, voters passed a controversial measure on gun control in Sunnyvale, struck down waterfront development plans in San Francisco and largely said yes to school bonds across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/118853084\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A quick overview of Bay Area election results:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Prop. A - Passed - This ensures city retiree health care funds are not used for other budget items.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prop. B - Rejected - Voters said no to a new luxury housing, retail and recreational development along the waterfront. (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/06/election-2013-sf-waterfront-development-measures-lose\">More on the defeat of Props. B and C\u003c/a>.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prop. C - Rejected - Voters said no to the Board of Supervisors' decision to allow the 8 Washington development to exceed height limits.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prop. D - Passed - This non-binding measure urges city lawmakers to work toward reducing prescription drug costs.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunnyvale\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Measure A - Passed - This puts and end to odd-year elections in Sunnyvale, syncing their local elections with the county and state election cycles. Several current elected officials will gain an additional year in office.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Measure B - Passed - Sunnyvale's hotel tax will be increased by 1 percent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Measure C - Passed - Sunnyvale gun owners must lock up their firearms when not in their possession and report a missing or stolen firearm within 48 hours. In the city, you can’t possess magazines with more than 10 rounds and ammunition sales will be tracked.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Mateo\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>School Measures\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Prop. P - Rejected - Voters said no to a $130 million bond measure that would reopen and renovate several schools.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prop. R - Passed - Renews existing parcel taxes for Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District for 10years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prop. S - Passed - Gives Las Lomitas (K-3) in Atherton and La Entrada (4-8) in Menlo Park a $60 million bond for facility improvements.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prop. W - Passed - Voters approved a $23 million bond to rebuild O'Connor Elementary School in Menlo Park.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>City measures\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Prop. 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Prop. B would have allowed the 8 Washington development to go forward even though the project exceeded the neighborhood's current height limit; the measure lost, with 62 percent voting no and 38 percent voting yes. Prop. C would have affirmed a Board of Supervisors decision to increase the height limit for the project; that proposal was defeated, with 66 percent voting no. Turnout was very light — typical for an off-year election with no mayor's race — with fewer than 25 percent of the city's 440,000 voters casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>\"We'll have to tell the mayor his legacy is not going to be on our waterfront.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Mayor Lee and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was mayor when the project first began winding its way through the city's approval process seven years ago, both campaigned for the measures and appeared together in a TV ad calling for their passage. The project's backers, led by developer \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificwaterfront.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Waterfront Partners\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfethics.org/ethics/2013/06/ballot-measures-dashboard-november-5-2013-election.html\" target=\"_blank\">spent about $1.9 million\u003c/a> to get the measures passed. Opponents, mostly neighborhood residents and environmental groups organized under the banner \"no wall on the waterfront,\" spent about $600,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/11/06/tale-two-parties-was-8-washington-defeat-referendum-city-hall\" target=\"_blank\">the Bay Guardian reports\u003c/a>, opponents of 8 Washington celebrated results as a referendum on Lee's aggressively pro-business policies and his campaign to build a lavish new arena for the Golden State Warriors on the Embarcadero south of the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“What started as a referendum on height limits on the waterfront has become a referendum on the mayor and City Hall,” former Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin told the large and buoyant crowd, a message repeated again and again tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Mayor Art Agnos also cast the victory over 8 Washington as the people standing up against narrow economic and political interests that want to dictate what gets built on public land on the waterfront, driven by larger concerns about who controls San Francisco and who gets to live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not the end, this is the beginning and it feels like a movement,” Agnos told the crowd. “We’ll have to tell the mayor that his legacy,” a term Lee has used to describe the Warriors Arena he wants to build on Piers 30-32, \" is not going to be on our waterfront.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Guardian also checked in on the supporters' non-victory gathering, held at a restaurant near the 8 Washington site. Among those in attendance: Tim Colen, executive director of San Francisco's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfhac.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Housing Action Coalition\u003c/a> and Jim Lazarus, a longtime executive with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After the first round of results came in, Colen addressed the crowd. \"The returns are coming in and I have to tell you they don’t look good,\" he said. \"It's pretty likely we're not going to prevail tonight.\" Then went on to recognize \"some really magnificent warriors\" in the room, including [Pacific Waterfront Partners' Simon] Snellgrove and Alicia Esterkamp Allbin, a Principal at development firm Pacific Waterfront Partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We ran a wonderful campaign we can all be proud of,” he added. “It was going to be a wonderful activation for the waterfront. I think what we didn't see coming was how ... it somehow morphed into something much larger and was defined in different ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[The Chamber of Commerce's Jim Lazarus] told the Guardian, \"I'm not optimistic,\" when asked early on in the night what he thought about the outcome. He added, \"I think this project got caught up in a lot of other things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it loses ... There was a lot of I think mistaken concern about the impact.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Election night reaction aside, what impact will Tuesday's vote really have on Lee's arena plan? University of San Francisco political scientist \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/election-2013-breaking-down\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Cook told KQED's Cy Musiker\u003c/a> that the result might change the arena backers' tactics going forward:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I don't think this would slow down the plan for the Warriors' arena, but I think it would give advocates of that project a little bit of pause about how they go about putting this on the ballot and how voters will think about that measure. 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Prop. B would have allowed the 8 Washington development to go forward even though the project exceeded the neighborhood's current height limit; the measure lost, with 62 percent voting no and 38 percent voting yes. Prop. C would have affirmed a Board of Supervisors decision to increase the height limit for the project; that proposal was defeated, with 66 percent voting no. Turnout was very light — typical for an off-year election with no mayor's race — with fewer than 25 percent of the city's 440,000 voters casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>\"We'll have to tell the mayor his legacy is not going to be on our waterfront.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Mayor Lee and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was mayor when the project first began winding its way through the city's approval process seven years ago, both campaigned for the measures and appeared together in a TV ad calling for their passage. 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Opponents, mostly neighborhood residents and environmental groups organized under the banner \"no wall on the waterfront,\" spent about $600,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/11/06/tale-two-parties-was-8-washington-defeat-referendum-city-hall\" target=\"_blank\">the Bay Guardian reports\u003c/a>, opponents of 8 Washington celebrated results as a referendum on Lee's aggressively pro-business policies and his campaign to build a lavish new arena for the Golden State Warriors on the Embarcadero south of the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“What started as a referendum on height limits on the waterfront has become a referendum on the mayor and City Hall,” former Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin told the large and buoyant crowd, a message repeated again and again tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Mayor Art Agnos also cast the victory over 8 Washington as the people standing up against narrow economic and political interests that want to dictate what gets built on public land on the waterfront, driven by larger concerns about who controls San Francisco and who gets to live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not the end, this is the beginning and it feels like a movement,” Agnos told the crowd. “We’ll have to tell the mayor that his legacy,” a term Lee has used to describe the Warriors Arena he wants to build on Piers 30-32, \" is not going to be on our waterfront.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Guardian also checked in on the supporters' non-victory gathering, held at a restaurant near the 8 Washington site. Among those in attendance: Tim Colen, executive director of San Francisco's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfhac.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Housing Action Coalition\u003c/a> and Jim Lazarus, a longtime executive with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After the first round of results came in, Colen addressed the crowd. \"The returns are coming in and I have to tell you they don’t look good,\" he said. \"It's pretty likely we're not going to prevail tonight.\" Then went on to recognize \"some really magnificent warriors\" in the room, including [Pacific Waterfront Partners' Simon] Snellgrove and Alicia Esterkamp Allbin, a Principal at development firm Pacific Waterfront Partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We ran a wonderful campaign we can all be proud of,” he added. “It was going to be a wonderful activation for the waterfront. I think what we didn't see coming was how ... it somehow morphed into something much larger and was defined in different ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[The Chamber of Commerce's Jim Lazarus] told the Guardian, \"I'm not optimistic,\" when asked early on in the night what he thought about the outcome. He added, \"I think this project got caught up in a lot of other things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it loses ... There was a lot of I think mistaken concern about the impact.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Election night reaction aside, what impact will Tuesday's vote really have on Lee's arena plan? University of San Francisco political scientist \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/election-2013-breaking-down\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Cook told KQED's Cy Musiker\u003c/a> that the result might change the arena backers' tactics going forward:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I don't think this would slow down the plan for the Warriors' arena, but I think it would give advocates of that project a little bit of pause about how they go about putting this on the ballot and how voters will think about that measure. This was a low-turnout election, and again there were still specific elements of this project like height limits and things like that that wouldn't be the same in the Warriors' proposed pavilion on Piers 30 and 32.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Cy and KQED's Joshua Johnson broke down Tuesday's election results during this morning's newscasts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117065\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/04/election-2013-guide-to-san-francisco-props-a-b-c-d/vote/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117065\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-117065\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/vote.jpg\" alt=\"Election officials forecast low voter turnout for San Francisco's election. (David Paul Morris/Getty)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Election officials forecast low voter turnout for San Francisco's election. (David Paul Morris/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Four years ago, just over 22 percent of people registered to vote actually showed up for the off-year, no-mayor's-race election. Analysts are predicting this year could be even lower. The silver lining: If you do show up at the polls, your vote could count more than ever. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Look up your polling place\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/alco_ssl_app/rov/voter_info/voter_profile.jsp?formLanguage=E\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cocovote.us/current-election/where-do-i-vote/#Search\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voting-information/polling-places/find-your-polling-place/find-your-polling-place-app\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.countyofnapa.org/VoterInfo/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/apps/voterlookup/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">San Mateo Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/rov/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/november_6th_2012_general_election/pollinglookup.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Solano Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/sn/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Chances are good you've seen the \"No Wall on the Waterfront\" or \"Open Up The Waterfront\" signs around town. But what do those slogans really mean? And what else is on the ballot? Here's a quick look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP A – RETIREE HEALTH CARE\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City change its Charter to allow payments from the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only when the Trust Fund is fully funded or only under specified circumstances?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> This measure prevents officials and lawmakers from raiding the city retiree health care fund for other projects – at least until it is fully funded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/support-prop-a-to-help-ensure-fiscal-stability/Content?oid=2601491\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgreenparty.org/#a\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Green Party\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117052\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/04/election-2013-guide-to-san-francisco-props-a-b-c-d/courts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117052\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117052\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/courts-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"8 Washington Street is currently home to a private tennis and swimming club. (Google Earth)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">8 Washington Street is currently home to a private tennis and swimming club. (Google Earth)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP B – 8 WASHINGTON DEVELOPMENT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nDebate about who and how San Francisco’s waterfront should be used are not new, as Scott Shafer \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/30/san-francisco-props-b-and-c-reignite-past-waterfront-battles/\" target=\"_blank\">reported for KQED Newsroom\u003c/a>. The latest debate centers on a multipurpose development planned for 8 Washington Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City allow a development project at the 8 Washington Street Site that would include new housing, retail and recreational facilities, and open space, and would increase the legal building height limits on a portion of the Site?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want a new development along the waterfront that, in some areas, would exceed the current height limits? Or do you want to keep what is currently there, a walled-in tennis club and parking lot – at least until another proposal is made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Vote-yes-on-S-F-Props-B-and-C-4888941.php\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6OrFcwzn0\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"Open Up The Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/ballot-box-planning-is-bad-for-sf-vote-no-on-props-b-and-c/Content?oid=2605334\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/endorsements2013?page=0,2\">SF Bay Guardian\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFnJ8CBUa5k\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"No Wall on the Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117063\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/04/election-2013-guide-to-san-francisco-props-a-b-c-d/render/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117063\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117063\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/render-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of the proposed 8 Washington development. (Courtesy of 8 Washington)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the proposed 8 Washington development. (Courtesy of 8 Washington)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP C - 8 WASHINGTON DEVELOPMENT HEIGHT \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City ordinance increasing legal building height limits on an approximately half-acre portion of the 8 Washington Street Site along Drumm Street take effect?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> The Board of Supervisors already voted to allow the development at 8 Washington Street to reach 136 feet tall, 52 feet above current height limits in the area. Do you want to see their decision take effect?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Vote-yes-on-S-F-Props-B-and-C-4888941.php\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6OrFcwzn0\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"Open Up The Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/ballot-box-planning-is-bad-for-sf-vote-no-on-props-b-and-c/Content?oid=2605334\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFnJ8CBUa5k\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"No Wall on the Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP D – PRESCRIPTION DRUGS COSTS\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Though this proposition lacks real teeth, it sets an agenda for political leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall it be City policy to use all available opportunities to reduce the City’s cost of prescription drugs and to ask state and federal representatives to sponsor legislation to reduce drug prices paid by the government?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Should the city seek out opportunities to reduce the cost of prescription drugs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-Prop-D-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-drug-costs-4895402.php\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/prop-d-could-help-sf-battle-drug-price-increases/Content?oid=2604219\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/files/voter-guides/SPUR_November_2013_Voter_Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SPUR\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117065\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/04/election-2013-guide-to-san-francisco-props-a-b-c-d/vote/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117065\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-117065\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/vote.jpg\" alt=\"Election officials forecast low voter turnout for San Francisco's election. (David Paul Morris/Getty)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Election officials forecast low voter turnout for San Francisco's election. (David Paul Morris/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Four years ago, just over 22 percent of people registered to vote actually showed up for the off-year, no-mayor's-race election. Analysts are predicting this year could be even lower. The silver lining: If you do show up at the polls, your vote could count more than ever. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Look up your polling place\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/alco_ssl_app/rov/voter_info/voter_profile.jsp?formLanguage=E\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cocovote.us/current-election/where-do-i-vote/#Search\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voting-information/polling-places/find-your-polling-place/find-your-polling-place-app\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.countyofnapa.org/VoterInfo/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/apps/voterlookup/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">San Mateo Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/rov/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/november_6th_2012_general_election/pollinglookup.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Solano Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/sn/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Chances are good you've seen the \"No Wall on the Waterfront\" or \"Open Up The Waterfront\" signs around town. But what do those slogans really mean? And what else is on the ballot? Here's a quick look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP A – RETIREE HEALTH CARE\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City change its Charter to allow payments from the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only when the Trust Fund is fully funded or only under specified circumstances?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> This measure prevents officials and lawmakers from raiding the city retiree health care fund for other projects – at least until it is fully funded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/support-prop-a-to-help-ensure-fiscal-stability/Content?oid=2601491\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgreenparty.org/#a\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Green Party\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117052\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/04/election-2013-guide-to-san-francisco-props-a-b-c-d/courts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117052\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117052\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/courts-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"8 Washington Street is currently home to a private tennis and swimming club. (Google Earth)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">8 Washington Street is currently home to a private tennis and swimming club. (Google Earth)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP B – 8 WASHINGTON DEVELOPMENT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nDebate about who and how San Francisco’s waterfront should be used are not new, as Scott Shafer \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/30/san-francisco-props-b-and-c-reignite-past-waterfront-battles/\" target=\"_blank\">reported for KQED Newsroom\u003c/a>. The latest debate centers on a multipurpose development planned for 8 Washington Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City allow a development project at the 8 Washington Street Site that would include new housing, retail and recreational facilities, and open space, and would increase the legal building height limits on a portion of the Site?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want a new development along the waterfront that, in some areas, would exceed the current height limits? Or do you want to keep what is currently there, a walled-in tennis club and parking lot – at least until another proposal is made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Vote-yes-on-S-F-Props-B-and-C-4888941.php\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6OrFcwzn0\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"Open Up The Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/ballot-box-planning-is-bad-for-sf-vote-no-on-props-b-and-c/Content?oid=2605334\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/endorsements2013?page=0,2\">SF Bay Guardian\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFnJ8CBUa5k\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"No Wall on the Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117063\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/04/election-2013-guide-to-san-francisco-props-a-b-c-d/render/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117063\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-117063\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/render-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of the proposed 8 Washington development. (Courtesy of 8 Washington)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the proposed 8 Washington development. (Courtesy of 8 Washington)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP C - 8 WASHINGTON DEVELOPMENT HEIGHT \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City ordinance increasing legal building height limits on an approximately half-acre portion of the 8 Washington Street Site along Drumm Street take effect?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> The Board of Supervisors already voted to allow the development at 8 Washington Street to reach 136 feet tall, 52 feet above current height limits in the area. Do you want to see their decision take effect?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Vote-yes-on-S-F-Props-B-and-C-4888941.php\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6OrFcwzn0\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"Open Up The Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/ballot-box-planning-is-bad-for-sf-vote-no-on-props-b-and-c/Content?oid=2605334\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFnJ8CBUa5k\" target=\"_blank\">Video from \"No Wall on the Waterfront\"\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP D – PRESCRIPTION DRUGS COSTS\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Though this proposition lacks real teeth, it sets an agenda for political leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall it be City policy to use all available opportunities to reduce the City’s cost of prescription drugs and to ask state and federal representatives to sponsor legislation to reduce drug prices paid by the government?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Should the city seek out opportunities to reduce the cost of prescription drugs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments For:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-Prop-D-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-drug-costs-4895402.php\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/prop-d-could-help-sf-battle-drug-price-increases/Content?oid=2604219\" target=\"_blank\">SF Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments Against:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/files/voter-guides/SPUR_November_2013_Voter_Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SPUR\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsJ4uR08VvE]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversial \u003cem>8 Washington Street\u003c/em> condominium development that is now the subject of a fierce political campaign in San Francisco boils down to this question: What’s the best thing to do with the 3.2 acres of waterfront land now occupied by a parking lot and a private fitness club with tennis courts and a pool?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Propositions B and C say the 8 Washington Street developers held more than a hundred public meetings and got public approvals from the Port and Planning Commissions and the Board of Supervisors. They emphasize the $11 million developers will pay into the City’s affordable housing fund along with public amenities like open space that’s not there now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_116641\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-116641\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/8washington-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Photo from 8washington.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from 8washington.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>De-emphasized by the Yes on B side is the fact most cited by opponents: The project won an exemption from current height limits allowing some of the new condos to rise 136 feet (about 12 stories), twice the height of the old Embarcadero Freeway that was torn down in 1991 (in fairness the tallest parts of the development are set back a bit off the waterfront near Drumm Street).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slogan for the No on B and C campaigns (opposing the condos) is “No Wall on the Waterfront.” Former Mayor Art Agnos, a leading opponent of 8 Washington, calls the development “the first brick” in a wall of development along the waterfront that will occur if this project moves forward. Agnos sees the No on Props B and C campaign as a battle to build more middle class housing (8 Washington will be luxury condos) and also to protect a fight he waged more than two decades ago – to tear down the double decked Embarcadero Freeway and open up the waterfront.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lookup Your Polling Place\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cocovote.us/current-election/where-do-i-vote/#Search\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voting-information/polling-places/find-your-polling-place/find-your-polling-place-app\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/apps/voterlookup/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">San Mateo Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/rov/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/sn/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I remember that battle well. At the time, I was a 32-year-old press secretary working for Mayor Agnos. When the freeway was severely damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, there were loud calls – led by Chinatown dynamo Rose Pak – to repair the freeway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To her and other Chinatown merchants, the Embarcadero Freeway resembled a long snake – a symbol of luck and good fortune in Chinese tradition. That snake also brought tons of traffic and business into Chinatown. They wanted it rebuilt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Board of Supervisors at the time was closely divided on the matter. In fact, when the time came to vote on rebuilding or demolishing the freeway, the supervisors were split 5-5. Only after heavy (and I mean \u003cem>heavy\u003c/em>) lobbying from the Mayor’s Office did Supervisor Willie B. Kennedy cast her vote in support of demolition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the freeway threatened a ballot measure calling for it to be rebuilt. Instead, it became a contentious issue in the 1991 mayoral campaign – a campaign Mayor Agnos lost in part due to loss of support from Chinatown.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nNow, of course, no one would say the Embarcadero Freeway should have been rebuilt. The waterfront, with the magnificently restored Ferry Building and historic street cars gliding up and down, is a model for urban renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_116775\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/washington8-site-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-116775\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/washington8-site-640-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Site of the proposed development "8 Washington" project on San Francisco's Embarcadero. Voters being asked to decide on the development in the 2013 Election by voting on Prop. B and Prop. C. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site of the proposed \"8 Washington\" project on San Francisco's Embarcadero. Voters are being asked to decide on the development in the 2013 Election by voting on Prop. B and Prop. C. (Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Props. B and C – and the 8 Washington Street project – provide a kind of political Rorschach test: Does the development look like the start of another waterfront wall or a reasonable use of public land with public benefits? We’ll find out on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one thing is for sure: Props. B and C are but a warm up act for a much bigger battle – over plans to build a new Warriors arena over the Bay at Piers 30-32, along with a shopping mall and more high rise condos on the other side of the Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee and the Warriors’ owners portray the arena as kind of a “done deal.” In fact, it’s anything but. And Tuesday’s outcome will provide a hint at San Francisco voters’ appetite for large waterfront developments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Scott Shafer is reporting on the upcoming election for \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>KQED NEWSROOM\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, a weekly news magazine program on television, radio and online\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>. Tune in to KQED Public Television 9 on Friday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. to see the entire program. Listen to a rebroadcast at KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Jon Brooks and Katharine Fong\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_116766\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/31/google-barge/rs7294_google_barge_web_3-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116766\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-116766\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7294_Google_Barge_web_3-scr-e1383263627908.jpg\" alt=\"A thing of mystery. (Sara Bloomberg / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A thing of mystery. (Sara Bloomberg / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There comes a time in every online journalist's life when he has to capitulate to the newsworthiness of that damned Google Barge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, uncle, we say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uncle.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing \"multiple sources,\" \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/10/31/googles-secret-revealed-barge-to-offer-high-end-showrooms-party-deck/\" target=\"_blank\">KPIX reported\u003c/a> last night that the barge \"will feature luxury showrooms and a party deck ... to market Google Glass and other gadgets to invitation-only clients.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/31/google-barge/#list\">partial list\u003c/a> of what the barge might be:\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Offshore housing for San Francisco residents displaced by tech workers \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prototype of Google entry for the next America's Cup\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dick Cheney's new undisclosed location\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\n\n\u003c/p>\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The project, which has been in the planning stages for more than a year, was created at Google[x], the secret facility that Google reportedly runs near its corporate headquarters in Mountain View. It is personally directed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and is Google’s attempt to upstage rival Apple and its chain of popular retail stores, sources said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KPIX also says the building is made out of shipping containers that can be disassembled and reconstructed in other locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9478663\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the video report here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57608585-93/is-google-building-a-hulking-floating-data-center-in-sf-bay/\" target=\"_blank\">CNET broke the barge story\u003c/a> last week, reporting that \"Google was granted a patent in 2009 for a floating data center, and putting data centers inside shipping containers is already a well-established practice.\" Google has a history of \u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/Jostling-to-get-inside-Googles-Oregon-outpost/2100-1030_3-6089518.html\">putting data centers in places with cheap cooling\u003c/a> — a best-usage idea for the bay if we've ever heard one — as well as taking on unique projects like \u003ca title=\"Meet Google's 'Project Loon': Balloon-powered Net access -- Friday, Jun 14, 2013\" href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57589464-1/meet-googles-project-loon-balloon-powered-net-access/\">bringing Internet access to developing nations via balloons\u003c/a> and \u003ca title=\"Google said to deploy Wi-Fi blimps in Africa and Asia -- Monday, May 27, 2013\" href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57586348-93/google-said-to-deploy-wi-fi-blimps-in-africa-and-asia/\">blimps\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But others have suggested that the barge will be a \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/10/25/secret-google-facility-found-floating-on-san-francisco-bay/\">floating store for Google Glass\u003c/a>, or as a \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24409819/googles-top-secret-floating-facility-waterborne-data-center?source=pkg\">floating classroom to teach about tech\u003c/a>. (See the Washington Post's \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/10/30/googles-crazy-barge-scheme-your-complete-guide/?tid=pm_national_pop\" target=\"_blank\">Google's crazy barge scheme: Your complete guide\u003c/a> for more. And don't forget, there's \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-barges-what-could-they-be-20131029,0,804501.story#axzz2jJqDsEYa\" target=\"_blank\">another secret floating barge\u003c/a> all the way on the other side of the country. Which means, of course, we are now \u003cem>surrounded\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the barge is, no one is at liberty to say, at least publicly. Non-disclosure agreements have been flying all over the place. Even the U.S. Coast Guard, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/30/coast-guard-visits-mysterious-google-barge/3318347/\">visited the barge yesterday\u003c/a>, had to sign NDAs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two nights ago, Jon Stewart weighed in, in a segment titled \"Floaters\" (!). Stewart noted Google's ubiquity, now surrounding us on water and from the air, as well as monitoring every street in the country — and, with its effort to \u003ca href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2152422,00.html\">\"solve death,\"\u003c/a> he said, the company \"won't even let us die!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:430081\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"360\" height=\"293\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->In keeping with \"write what you know,\" Mercury News Sports columnist Mark Purdy on Thursday \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_24422304/purdy-google-barge-docked-at-treasure-island-leads\">offered up\u003c/a> his own theories about the mysterious barge, summed up in a handy poll for readers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What should the Google barge hold?\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \"GoogleBarn\" Warriors stadium (cheaper than renovating Piers 30-32)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>49er Michael Crabtree's secret Achilles' tendon rehab facility\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A floating medical unit for injured San Jose Sharks players\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shame shelter for Cal's non-graduate athletes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Storage for 50 dozen varieties of Oregon's football uniforms, to be used Nov. 7 against Stanford\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Isolation chamber for Bud Selig, after he is kidnapped by Oakland and San Jose officials, until he finally decides the A's ballpark issue.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"list\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suffice it to say, we're all dying to know what the barge is for. 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Some other possibilities ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Offshore housing for San Francisco residents displaced by tech workers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prototype of Google entry for the next America's Cup\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dick Cheney's new undisclosed location\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Expensive yet too-literal tribute to \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAQSZhazYk8\" target=\"_blank\">1980s soul group DeBarge\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Floating fortress for Larry Page walking-around money\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Barge\" one of few nouns left in English language not modified by \"Google\" — \u003cem>rectified\u003c/em>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200508/tng-142-j25-borg-cube/320x240.jpg&imgrefurl=http://scary-pictures.feedio.net/wtf-star-trek-mondo-s-borg-queen-poster/mimg.ugo.com*201007*51066*cuts*spock-monkey_480x640.jpg/&h=240&w=320&sz=30&tbnid=3HM7Q9pLS-N3mM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&zoom=1&usg=__nBiVm-1teUZdKe-B7otsvs-B62c=&docid=n0EfZQjb4l1roM&sa=X&ei=C9tyUrj2Lqb5iQLj9IGQBQ&ved=0CD8Q9QEwAg\" target=\"_blank\">Borg\u003c/a> have finally \u003ca href=\"http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/24/41/52/5380799/3/628x471.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">arrived\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enjoy barge season. It may go on for awhile.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It is personally directed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and is Google’s attempt to upstage rival Apple and its chain of popular retail stores, sources said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KPIX also says the building is made out of shipping containers that can be disassembled and reconstructed in other locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9478663\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the video report here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57608585-93/is-google-building-a-hulking-floating-data-center-in-sf-bay/\" target=\"_blank\">CNET broke the barge story\u003c/a> last week, reporting that \"Google was granted a patent in 2009 for a floating data center, and putting data centers inside shipping containers is already a well-established practice.\" Google has a history of \u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/Jostling-to-get-inside-Googles-Oregon-outpost/2100-1030_3-6089518.html\">putting data centers in places with cheap cooling\u003c/a> — a best-usage idea for the bay if we've ever heard one — as well as taking on unique projects like \u003ca title=\"Meet Google's 'Project Loon': Balloon-powered Net access -- Friday, Jun 14, 2013\" href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57589464-1/meet-googles-project-loon-balloon-powered-net-access/\">bringing Internet access to developing nations via balloons\u003c/a> and \u003ca title=\"Google said to deploy Wi-Fi blimps in Africa and Asia -- Monday, May 27, 2013\" href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57586348-93/google-said-to-deploy-wi-fi-blimps-in-africa-and-asia/\">blimps\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But others have suggested that the barge will be a \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/10/25/secret-google-facility-found-floating-on-san-francisco-bay/\">floating store for Google Glass\u003c/a>, or as a \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24409819/googles-top-secret-floating-facility-waterborne-data-center?source=pkg\">floating classroom to teach about tech\u003c/a>. (See the Washington Post's \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/10/30/googles-crazy-barge-scheme-your-complete-guide/?tid=pm_national_pop\" target=\"_blank\">Google's crazy barge scheme: Your complete guide\u003c/a> for more. And don't forget, there's \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-barges-what-could-they-be-20131029,0,804501.story#axzz2jJqDsEYa\" target=\"_blank\">another secret floating barge\u003c/a> all the way on the other side of the country. Which means, of course, we are now \u003cem>surrounded\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the barge is, no one is at liberty to say, at least publicly. Non-disclosure agreements have been flying all over the place. 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It may go on for awhile.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Or at least they did when \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201310251000\" target=\"_blank\">Forum\u003c/a> hosted representatives from both sides of the measures. Let's just say host Dave Iverson earned his money that morning, reining in guests and keeping the conversation from devolving into a sophomoric episode of \"he said, he said.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of the propositions is a proposed luxury condominium development along the Embarcadero titled \u003ca href=\"http://8washington.com/\" target=\"_blank\">8 Washington\u003c/a>. Lots of issues related to the physical project were covered during the hour-long conversation: height restrictions, the amount of public open space that the \u003ca href=\"http://www.openupthewaterfront.org/about.php\" target=\"_blank\"> development\u003c/a> will create, dissatisfaction with the private health club and parking lot that occupy the site now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But several ideological questions around affordable housing — the issue dominating mastheads and coffee shops across the region — came up during the conversation as well: Who should live in the Bay Area — those who can afford its rising costs or those who are already here? How much should housing cost? What shape should new housing take? 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